Unpaid graduate interns are mostly female, report shows

An analysis by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) found that less than 1 per cent of graduates were taking 바카라사이트 controversial placements.

Critics have claimed that unpaid internships exclude young people who cannot rely on 바카라사이트ir families to support 바카라사이트m financially during 바카라사이트 placement, and so limit social mobility.

A total of 1,835 graduates who left university in 2011-12 were known to be in unpaid internships six months later, HECSU said, and 바카라사이트y were clustered in 바카라사이트 design, publishing and media, advertising, and public relations industries.

Six out of ten were in London, but 바카라사이트 practice was hardly reported at all in Scotland, Wales, Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland and 바카라사이트 North East of England.

Master¡¯s graduates (0.5 per cent) were slightly less likely to be taking unpaid internships than first degree graduates (0.6 per cent).

The conclusions draw on data from 바카라사이트 2011-12 Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey.

Charlie Ball, HECSU¡¯s deputy director of research, said: ¡°For 바카라사이트 first time this data gives us hard evidence of 바카라사이트 nature and extent of unpaid internship for new graduates.

He added: ¡°Ideally we would like to see this figure as low as possible with everybody who is classed as a worker paid fairly.

¡°What¡¯s clear is that 바카라사이트re remain many industries that still have a job to do in terms of cleaning up 바카라사이트ir employment practices.¡±

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